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NY Times Best Sellers Feb 15-21

Manga (Amount of weeks it made the list)

1. AKAME GA KILL!, VOL. 1 (5)
2. DEADMAN WONDERLAND, VOL. 7 (1)
3. GANGSTA., VOL. 5 (1)
4. BLACK BUTLER, VOL. 19 (5)
5. ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 1 (86)
6. UNOFFICIAL HATSUNE MIX (11)
7. BLACK BUTLER, VOL. 1 (44)
8. WORLD TRIGGER, VOL. 4 (1)
9. DEATH NOTE BLACK, VOL. 1 (5)
10. ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM, VOL. 2 (3)

Im glad World Trigger and Assassination Classroom do well here. Wonder how they do on the monthly and the seasonal chart.

Ugh World Trigger isnt there

Top 10 Manga Franchises – Fall/Holidays 2014
1 Attack on Titan
2 Naruto
3 Sailor Moon
4 Pokemon
5 Black Butler
6 Death Note
7 Fairy Tail
8 Soul Eater
9 Fullmetal Alchemist
10 Maximum Ride
Note: Includes all channels

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

There have been a few moments that foreshadowed this, but the Thing is:

There was absolutley no Way that you could have noticed that without knowing what has been foreshadowed. Either because we have been misleaded, or because those Hints seemed like it were regular things.

As Example Kayanos phrase that "a true Blade is one that you don't even show your closest Friends" in her Chapter has been a Hint that no one thought as hint.

Thats what makes this Plottwist great to me. It connects multiple subtle hints that have been laid throughout the whole Manga (or at least starting with Chapter 29). But you only realize this when you reach this Chapter.

It start from when Shiro say "Person that exceed his expectation". At first we think that he talking about Nagisa. Turn out he talking about Kanade. also all of this

http://i.imgur.com/ErpwfYZ.png
http://i.imgur.com/DkI9jPE.png

Thought my biggest foreshadowing personally is that the fact that Kanade never had her own spotlight compare to Nagisa and Karma eventhought she been used as "main girl" in majority of promotion. So I keep thinking whether Author simply forget or he have some surprised with her later.

I see your points, but for me, good foreshadowing is when I re-read the chapters, it makes me go "Oh it was SO obvious". Here when I read the 29th chapters, I don't feel like it. It's more like "Seriously ? THAT was foreshadowing ?"

Either way it is interesting to see how it will turn out.

Ore ga Doutei wo Sutetara Shinu Ken ni Tsuite aka Smutterfly Effect 8 - 22 (ending)
Interesting premise, plot and execution. But the ending falls short. I give it a meh/10.

 

[InfiniDragon]

Girls of the Wild's 178

Dat Miss Ina... hnnnnnng. They'd probably have to censor what happens when she loses her temper.

Yeah Ina was about to murder Mr. Krav Maga there. Something tells me she's super OP by the way that everyone at the school gets shook when she shows up to be the police.

Jaegu gut checking that dude had to be the highlight though.

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

I'm Obsessed With My Little Bro! 1

It is like I am peeking into sheer insanity.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

I'm Obsessed With My Little Bro! 1

It is like I am peeking into sheer insanity.

It will only get worse (insanity wise) from here on...

 

[Zweizer]

Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken ch26

About sums it up.

Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken ch27

The meaning of life.

 

[Quixzlizx]

Yeah Ina was about to murder Mr. Krav Maga there. Something tells me she's super OP by the way that everyone at the school gets shook when she shows up to be the police.

Jaegu gut checking that dude had to be the highlight though.

I'm imagining limbs and internal organs flying everywhere like a Kill Bill scene.

 

[Turok_TTZ]

Citrus 14

Spoiler

Too late girl. too late.

I like where this is headed.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Guys can you stop reading that incest manga? Thanks.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

Guys can you stop reading that incest manga? Thanks.

Which one...we read to many....

 

[Banana Aeon]

Guys can you stop reading that incest manga? Thanks.

And by stop, you mean continue, right?

 

[Nightbird]

I see your points, but for me, good foreshadowing is when I re-read the chapters, it makes me go "Oh it was SO obvious". Here when I read the 29th chapters, I don't feel like it. It's more like "Seriously ? THAT was foreshadowing ?"

Either way it is interesting to see how it will turn out.

Ore ga Doutei wo Sutetara Shinu Ken ni Tsuite aka Smutterfly Effect 8 - 22 (ending)
Interesting premise, plot and execution. But the ending falls short. I give it a meh/10.

Yeah, i admit, the one in Chapter 29 was almost non-existant, but it still counts! It just doesn't have the importance of the others (by itself, because this is when Shiro noticed her, and i think this is also something we should keep in Mind).



Hero Academia 32

Hm, it would be suprising if Midoriya loses here, but if Shinsou can really control Minds, then he's done for good.

 

[Quixzlizx]

--->Citrus xx<---

Too late girl. too late.
I like where this is headed.

Come on son, stop being lazy.

 

[BatDan]

Top 10 Manga Franchises – Fall/Holidays 2014
1 Attack on Titan
2 Naruto
3 Sailor Moon
4 Pokemon
5 Black Butler
6 Death Note
7 Fairy Tail
8 Soul Eater
9 Fullmetal Alchemist
10 Maximum Ride
Note: Includes all channels

It's been 8 years since the final volume came out here! Who the hell is still buying Death Note?! And it's been 4 years since FMA's final volume came out here.
Naruto is never going to leave that list is it...
The lack of One Piece is awful.

 

[Turok_TTZ]

Come on son, stop being lazy.

Lazy in everything but my work.
leave me alone.

 

[Quixzlizx]

Lazy in everything but my work.
leave me alone.

The point is to highlight what you're talking about so people don't spoil themselves. I don't see why you'd be opposed to courtesy.

 

[Rhapsody]

It's been 8 years since the final volume came out here! Who the hell is still buying Death Note?! And it's been 4 years since FMA's final volume came out here.
Naruto is never going to leave that list is it...
The lack of One Piece is awful.

At the very least, Death Note's short, so I can see a lot more people wanting to buy them to have a complete collection.
No One Piece on that list though is surprising.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

At the very least, Death Note's short, so I can see a lot more people wanting to buy them to have a complete collection.
No One Piece on that list though is surprising.

I think the 4kids dub damned the series the hell here in the US. Even on Viz's weekly digital ranking report One Piece is almost always missing.

 

[Envelope]

What's with all this slander against Tadokoro recently

 

[upandaway]

Taiyou no Ie 48-50 END

Really nice ending for a really nice manga. That proposal was hilarious.

This manga was a lot of fun. I'm not usually a shojo guy but I loved this. That guy who was looking for romance recs and thought Prunus Girl wasn't that great should check this one out.

 

[Kurita]

It's been 8 years since the final volume came out here! Who the hell is still buying Death Note?! And it's been 4 years since FMA's final volume came out here.
Naruto is never going to leave that list is it...
The lack of One Piece is awful.

Man I knew One Piece wasn't that popular in the US but I thought it'd be in the top 10.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

What's with all this slander against Tadokoro recently

People woke up

Spoiler

Tadokoro is ok

 

[Quixzlizx]

What's with all this slander against Tadokoro recently

She's fine as a character, but she's boring as a potential love interest.

 

[upandaway]

Keep slandering all you want, I feel nothing. Tadokoro was always the underdog.

 

[Turok_TTZ]

The point is to highlight what you're talking about so people don't spoil themselves. I don't see why you'd be opposed to courtesy.

1. I'm a very rude and awful person
2. I can see how it can spoil. will fix.
3. This isn't first post where I don't list ch. #. why no complaints before?

Amano shuninta keeps on rolling in the Yuri...

 

[Quixzlizx]

1. I'm a very rude and awful person
2. I can see how it can spoil. will fix.
3. This isn't first post where I don't list ch. #. why no complaints before?

Amano shuninta keeps on rolling in the Yuri...

I'd noticed it before, but this was the first time I noticed it with a series on my reading list

Per the spoiler guidelines, you don't need to spoiler tag your post, just have a bolded series title and chapter number so people know to jump over the post if needed.

 

[Turok_TTZ]

I'd noticed it before, but this was the first time I noticed it with a series on my reading list

Per the spoiler guidelines, you don't need to spoiler tag your post, just have a bolded series title and chapter number so people know to jump over the post if needed.

Too much work im in the bathroom on my phone damn it!

you how hard it is to read and type on one hand, and wipe with toilet paper on the other?

 

[Zweizer]

What's with all this slander against Tadokoro recently

Only way to elevate Erina considering all the depth she has.

 

[dakkumauji]

AFO Guard 00

The rule in this high school is that to prevent girls from corrupting the pure boys, they all must wear animal masks over their heads and never interact with those them. Watch as our horse head heroine try and win over the love of her long lost childhood friend.

Horse-mask moe here.

 

[BatDan]

I think the 4kids dub damned the series the hell here in the US. Even on Viz's weekly digital ranking report One Piece is almost always missing.

Weekly Digital Ranking? Where can I see this?
And it's stunning how badly 4Kids fucked it up. It's been nearly 8 years since Funimation took over and people still think it's "kiddy garbage".
I can't imagine the artstyle is doing any favors... Probably consider it too cartoony, while Naruto is so "animu" and "matoor", as is Ble- wait, Bleach isn't on the Top 10 either. That's really surprising.

 

[Dresden]

Guys can you stop reading that incest manga? Thanks.

Soma readership is disturbingly large. How people can support dirty incestuous romances is beyond me. The reveal that Erina is his sister is due any day now.

 

[Rhapsody]

I just pictured Erina as the tsun little sister. This is too easy to imagine now.

 

[Zweizer]

Erina being his little sister somehow makes way too much sense.

 

[striferser]

Soma readership is disturbingly large. How people can support dirty incestuous romances is beyond me. The reveal that Erina is his sister is due any day now.

Oh God, this scenario totally could happen.

 

[Soma]

Kinda sad when people have to equate a character's value to how shippable they are with the main character.

I've never seen Tadokoro as a potential love interest. She's always been more of a sidekick to Souma and they've had a big brother/little sister dynamic to them. That has allowed her character to be really engaging for when it's time for the story to focus on her. Having Souma take on the role of the advisor/supporter for her makes for a pretty interesting narrative at times. This relationship between them and the mounds of development she's received over the course of the story has made Megumi a much more compelling character than most of the cast in the story.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

Weekly Digital Ranking? Where can I see this?
And it's stunning how badly 4Kids fucked it up. It's been nearly 8 years since Funimation took over and people still think it's "kiddy garbage".
I can't imagine the artstyle is doing any favors... Probably consider it too cartoony, while Naruto is so "animu" and "matoor", as is Ble- wait, Bleach isn't on the Top 10 either. That's really surprising.

It comes with one of the Viz newsletters, they just started tracking the sales since Feb.

Here are the first 4 so far

Week of February 15, 2015
1.Boys Over Flowers Bundle
2.Bleach, Vol. 63
3.Assassination Classroom, Vol. 2
4.Food Wars!, Vol. 1
5.World Trigger, Vol. 1
6.Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 7
7.Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1
8.All You Need Is Kill, Vol. 1
9.Food Wars!, Vol. 3
10.Nisekoi, Vol. 1

Week of February 8, 2015
1.Assassination Classroom, Vol. 2
2.Happy Marriage?!, Vol. 10
3.Bleach, Vol. 63
4.World Trigger, Vol. 4
5.Boys Over Flowers Bundle
6.Food Wars!, Vol. 1
7.All You Need is Kill, Vol. 1
8.Seraph of the End, Vol. 1
9.Toriko, Vol. 26
10.Honey Blood, Vol. 1

Week of February 2, 2015
1.Assassination Classroom, Vol. 2
2.Bleach, Vol. 63
3.World Trigger, Vol. 4
4.Nisekoi, Vol. 10
5.Toriko, Vol. 26
6.Naruto, Vol. 68
7.The Third, Vol. 1
8.Nisekoi, Vol. 9
9.Vampire Knight: Life
10.One Piece, Vol. 73

Week of January 27th
1.Nisekoi, Vol. 10
2.The Third, Vol. 1
3.Sgt. Frog, Vol. 2
4.Kyo Kara MAOH!, Vol. 5
5.Mikansei No.1, Vol. 2
6.Food Wars!, Vol. 3
7.Food Wars!, Vol. 4
8.Jaco: The Galactic Patrolman
9.Nisekoi, Vol. 9
10.One Piece, Vol. 73

 

[Turok_TTZ]

Guys can you stop reading that incest manga? Thanks.

Which one?

 

[Rhapsody]

It's so weird whenever I go to a bookstore and look through the One Piece section.

Seeing Navy and Zolo still trip me up.

 

[upandaway]

Soma

Kinda sad when people have to equate a character's value to how shippable they are with the main character.

I've never seen Tadokoro as a potential love interest. She's always been more of a sidekick to Souma and they've had a big brother/little sister dynamic to them. That has allowed her character to be really engaging for when it's time for the story to focus on her. Having Souma take on the role of the advisor/supporter for her makes for a pretty interesting narrative at times. This relationship between them and the mounds of development she's received over the course of the story has made Megumi a much more compelling character than most of the cast in the story.

I agree. She had this one tiny blush moment at the training camp like 100 chapters ago and everything besides that was flush.

Meanwhile Nikumi is spazzing out within 1km radius of him. Tadokoro's great as a sidekick.

 

[Rhapsody]

Was still a good moment.

If the story ever does try to go back to the romance aspect they hinted back at the first chapter, I kinda don't care who "wins" at the moment. Nothing in the story has made me leaned towards one character over the other.

 

[BatDan]

It comes with one of the Viz newsletters, they just started tracking the sales since Feb.

Here are the first 4 so far

Oh that is depressing...

It's so weird whenever I go to a bookstore and look through the One Piece section.

Seeing Navy and Zolo still trip me up.

Worst thing is that they won't fix it until they release a special edition, and that will only happen if One Piece does crazy numbers or the series ends. ... 15 more years to Zoro!

The worst is when the Viz editor trolls fans about it... well he used to do that at least.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Soma readership is disturbingly large. How people can support dirty incestuous romances is beyond me. The reveal that Erina is his sister is due any day now.

Well neither party is interested in the other at this point anyways. But yeah, I don't see that happening.

 

[upandaway]

Wakabayashi Toshiya&#8217;s 4-koma Collection 28

At least he went further than most romcom protagonists.

I love how she was the one to ask him if he knows what a hug is :lol

29

This guy's good.

Was still a good moment.

If the story ever does try to go back to the romance aspect they hinted back at the first chapter, I kinda don't care who "wins" at the moment. Nothing in the story has made me leaned towards one character over the other.

Oh man that face


retcon

Wakebayashi 30

Whoa what? We yuri now? Is that what's happening?

Also

Can anyone please explain this to me, I've been trying for over a minute and I'm not seeing it

 

[dakkumauji]

Satsuki Complex 06

Everyone gave in to their cravings this chapter.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

I wake up after like 20hrs to find people still talking about Soma girls.

Grand.

 

[upandaway]

Stretch 29

Yuri route is real

Bunch of chair stretches, nice. I've had tons of moments where I was sitting in a chair for the whole day in lectures and was just flailing around to stretch myself, so I'll definitely be making use of that (especially that last one, feels great)

 

[Turok_TTZ]

I wake up after like 20hrs to find people still talking about Soma girls.

Grand.

Waifu talk and shipping is real.
Should be manga ot thread title.

 

[Rhapsody]

Worst thing is that they won't fix it until they release a special edition, and that will only happen if One Piece does crazy numbers or the series ends. ... 15 more years to Zoro!

The worst is when the Viz editor trolls fans about it... well he used to do that at least.

If they did a special edition that was more faithful, they're going to have to change every instance of Navy back to Marine again lol

 

[360pages]

Marine to Navy isn't even that bad of a change, the Zoro Zolo thing is really silly though.

 

[Zweizer]

Sakurai-san's Great Energy ch6 - Welcome to M&S (One-shot) by Sakurai Energy

Best fast-food chain.